Pholus
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Pholus is a wise centaur from Greek mythology, best known for his role in the stories surrounding Heracles and the fateful encounter with the poisoned arrows of the Hydra.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pholus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3888119 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pholus Context triple: [Heracles cycle, includesCharacter, Pholus]
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A.
Perses
Perses is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, sometimes associated with destruction or linked to the lineage of the goddess Hecate.
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B.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
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C.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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D.
Aeacus
Aeacus is a just and pious king from Greek mythology who ruled the island of Aegina and later became one of the three judges of the dead in the underworld.
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E.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pholus Target entity description: Pholus is a wise centaur from Greek mythology, best known for his role in the stories surrounding Heracles and the fateful encounter with the poisoned arrows of the Hydra.
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A.
Perses
Perses is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, sometimes associated with destruction or linked to the lineage of the goddess Hecate.
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B.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
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C.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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D.
Aeacus
Aeacus is a just and pious king from Greek mythology who ruled the island of Aegina and later became one of the three judges of the dead in the underworld.
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E.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
centaur
ⓘ
character in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn | myths of Heracles’ fourth labor (Erymanthian boar) in some traditions ⓘ |
| associatedCreature |
Lernaean Hydra
ⓘ
linked to:
LernaeanHydra
|
| associatedWith |
Heracles
ⓘ
Hydra ⓘ poisoned arrows of Heracles ⓘ |
| category |
Centaurs in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Characters associated with Heracles ⓘ Mythological archers’ victims ⓘ |
| causeOfEvent | battle of Heracles with the centaurs after opening communal wine ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
gentle
ⓘ
hospitable ⓘ wise ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | wild centaurs ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| deathCause | accidental wounding by one of Heracles’ poisoned arrows ⓘ |
| knownFor |
causing a battle between Heracles and other centaurs
ⓘ
opening a jar of wine shared by the centaurs ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | accidental ⓘ |
| moralTheme |
consequences of violating communal property (the shared wine)
ⓘ
dangers of handling divine or poisoned weapons ⓘ |
| mother | Melian nymph ⓘ |
| notableFor |
hospitality
ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ |
| notableRelativeType | companion of other civilized centaur Chiron in some accounts ⓘ |
| parent |
Silenius
ⓘ
a Melian nymph ⓘ |
| residence |
Mount Pholoe
ⓘ
a cave on Mount Pholoe ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | host of Heracles during the centaur episode ⓘ |
| sharesEpisodeWith |
Chiron
ⓘ
Heracles ⓘ Nessus ⓘ |
| species | centaur ⓘ |
| weaponInvolvedInDeath | poisoned arrow dipped in Hydra’s blood ⓘ |
| wineJarDescription | communal wine of the centaurs given by Dionysus ⓘ |
| wineJarOwner | Dionysus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Pholus Description of subject: Pholus is a wise centaur from Greek mythology, best known for his role in the stories surrounding Heracles and the fateful encounter with the poisoned arrows of the Hydra.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.